Anti-IS forces retake downtown area in Libya's Sirte

Libyan pro-government forces advanced Tuesday against last pockets of resistance by fighters of the Islamic State jihadist group in the coastal city of Sirte. Backed by tanks and mortar fire, pro-government forces seized “District Two” of central Sirte, military officials said. “District Two has been liberated,” Reda Issa, a spokesman for the pro-government forces, told AFP.